Chair-seat.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

s. N. MOGLOUD.

CHAIR SEAT.

PLIOTION FILED MAY 26, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Sitozneg No. 859,828. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. S. N. MUCLUD.

CHAIR SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY ze, 190s.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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l SMITH N. MCCLOUD, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAVIS CHAIR CO., OF

. .MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

CHAIR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented-July e, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, SMITH N. MoCLoUD, a citizen of the United States, residing at ,Marysville in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Chair-Seat, of which the following is a specification. v

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of hygienic chair seat having means that will permit the circulation of air therethroughso as to maintain the seat in comparatively cool and more healthful condition than the ordinary solid seat.

Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification, but it will be noted that the invention is not limited by the appended claims to the exact structures disclosed.

In the drawingsz--Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 isl a cross sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the central portion of the casing, illustrating the central opening therethrough. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of structure. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view therethrough. Fig. 7 is a sectional viewon the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring first to the structure disclosed in Figs.` 1 to 4 inclusive, it will be observed that a support 8 is ernployed in the form of a fiat base-board having one or more openings 9 through its central portion. Mounted on this base or support is a casing comprising a top wall 10, and a bottom Wall 11i, These Walls have central elongated openings 12 therethrough. The margins of the top and bottom walls around the openings are connected by an inner wall 13. As a result, it will be noted that the casing is provided with a central elongated opening 14, located over and alined with the openings 9 in the base. The casing is filled with suitable cushioning material 15 that surrounds the central opening, said material being held against movement in the ordinary manner by ties 16 connecting the top and bottom walls. `Cushioning material 17 is kalso located upon the top wall 10 of the cushion or casing, and covering this material and the casing is a facing sheet 18, which facing sheet extends directly across the central opening 14, and extends down-- wardly into the same. A backing sheet 19 is secured to theunder side of the casing, and also extends across i the central opening 14, being curved upwardly into the same, so that the portions of said backing sheet and facing sheet that extend across the opening are abutted, being fastened by lines of stitching 20, or by any other suitable means. As a result of this structure, it will connected by alined openings 23 extending through the sheets. The seat is held in'. position on the base` by any suitable means, as for instance, tacks or fasteners 24 extending through a binding strip 25 located over the margins of the facing sheet, said fasteners passing through the outer margins of the facing sheet of the top and bottom walls 10'and i'l ofthe casing into the base. By this arrangement, it will be-observed that air can circulate freely through the ccntral portion of the seat, maintaining the saine in cool and healthful condition. At the same time, the structure of said seat is simple, and adds but little to the cost of manufacture.

A slightly modified form of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. In this structure, the base or support comprises an open frame 26 bridged by a ,pair of ribs 27 or other supports, which may bc of any suitable structure. These ribs constitute supports for springs 28.` In other respects, the structure is substantially the same as that already described. A cushion is employed comprising top and bottom walls 29 and 30, having central openings, the margins around the openings being connected by an inner wall 31. Thus the casing has a central .elongated opening. Cushioning material 32 is locatedvin the casing, and

other cushioning material 33 is arranged upon the same. Over the latter is placed a facing sheet 34 that extends across the central opening, and a backing sheet 35, secured to the under side of the cushion, also extends across the opening. These two sheets extend into said opening towards each other, and have the portions located therein secured together, as shownat 36. As a result, an upper channel 37 is formed in the seat, and this channel has communication with the under side of said seat through openings 38, formed through the abutted portions of the facing and backing sheets. It will be apparent that this formof construction has exactly the same advantages as those already described, and it will also be evident that the cushions can be manufactured and sold separately from the base or support, so that they may b applied to any suitable chair.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape,

y, proportion, and minor details of construction, may be i resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri- .cing any of the advantages of the invention.

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. A ventilated chair seat, comprising a cushion casing having an opening `therethrough, cushion material located in the cusing around the opening, and a facing sheet cover- 4ing the casing, said sheet extending across the opening in the casing and having an opening alined therewith.

2. A ventilated chair seat, comprising a cushion casing having an intermediate elongated opening therethrough,

cushion material located within the casing around theV opening, and a facing sheet covering the casing, said sheet extending downwardly into and across the opening in the casing, forming u channel, the* portion ot the sheet that crosses the opening having an. opening therethrough.

3. A ventilated chair seat, comprising n cushion casing having an opening therethrough, and comprising an upper ond a lower wall, cushioning material located in the casing between said walls, a facing sheet covering the casing, said. sheet extending across the.opening in the casing, and a backing sheet located beneath the casing and extending across the opening therethrough, said facing and backing sheets being secured together in said opening, the portions of the facing and backing sheets that extend across thev opening having openings therethrough.

4. A ventilated' chair seat, comprising a.cushioncom prising a casing having an intermediate elongated opening therethrough, and cushioning material located in the casing around the opening, a facing sheet covering the casing, saidy sheet .extending downwardly into and across the opening inl the. casing, forming a channel, a backing sheet i0-,

cated beneath the casing and extending across the opening, the portions of said sheets that extend across the casingv opening being disposed against each other vand having aiined-openings therethrough, and-means connecting said portions for holding themy together.

5. In a.venti1ated-chair seat, the combination with a cushion, comprising a top wall having an opening, a bottom wall having an opening, an inner wall connecting the margins of -the 4top and bottom walls around the openings, forming a-casing having anintermediate opening therethrough, and cushioning material located in the casing around the opening, of a facing sheet covering the cushion and extending downwardly into and across the casing opening, and -means engaging the portion of the sheet that extends across the casing opening-to maintain the same down in said opening, saidiportion having an opening therethrough.

6. in a ventilated'chair seat, the combination with a support'- having anbpening therethrough, of a cushion mounted'on the support and comprisinga .casing having an,

intermediate elongated openingtherethrough that is alined i with the support opening, and cushioning material located in thecasing around the opening, a facing sheet covering the cushion and the opening therethrough and cxtcnding `downwardly into the said opening, forming a channel in the upper portion of the sheet, a backing sheet located beneath the cushion and extending across the opening therethrough, means tor securingthe cushion and facing sheet lto the support, and means connecting the portions ot the supporting bars extending across the space within the f frame, springs mounted on the bars, acushion casing having its margins secured to ihe frame and supported by the springs, said casing having an elongated intermediate opening therethrough, cushioning material located within the casing a-facing sheet covering the casing, said sheet extending downwardly into and. across the opening therein, forming-u channel, a backing sheet secured to, the under side of the casing and also extending across the openingI and means connecting the facing and backing sheets, said means beingI located in the opening in the casing, the said sheets furthermore having openings arranged within the casing opening.

9. A ventilated cushioned chair seat comprising a cushion body having an elongated opening therethrough and a sheet extending across the opening, said sheet being disposed nbove ythe lower face o! the cushion! body and below its upper face, forming upper and lower channels onit opposite sides and in the cushion body for the circulation of air, and said sheet furthermore having openings therethrough that constitute means of communication lbetween said channels. y

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as-my own, i have hereto axed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SMITH .N. MCCLOUD.

Witnesses:

CuAs. F. McCLoun, NELLE G. Hoor-ss. 

